WindyhillBSN

WindyhillBSN

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  1. Missed Orders; How do you do it where you work

    WindyhillBSN replied to annmariern's topic in General Nursing

    What is the manager doing? Can he/she not check the

  2. Are there any bilingual, trilingual, or polygots on here?

    WindyhillBSN replied to Inspired By Silence's topic in General Nursing

    I wish I could speak

  3. Are there any bilingual, trilingual, or polygots on here?

    WindyhillBSN replied to Inspired By Silence's topic in General Nursing

    i am fluent in two languages. however, i am not certified to speak the foreign language, so i don't get the extra .50 an hour. ok so, my hospital has a program where any employee can get free movie...

  4. Sick of core measures

    WindyhillBSN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Our hospital is trying to get magnet status, and there is a bunch of rules on discharging patients within the core measures. If we mess up they're going to write us up. I'm sick of it. If you make...

  5. Sick of core measures

    WindyhillBSN replied to WindyhillBSN's topic in General Nursing

    Core measures- CHF, Acute M.I., Pnuemonia, Stroke, and I'm forgetting one more, there are certain medicines and dicharge instructions/education that they have to be given, along with medications. If...

  6. Sick of core measures

    WindyhillBSN replied to WindyhillBSN's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, why write people up, that puts more pressure on us...as if 2 hours to d/c a CHF patient weren't

  7. I'm tired, lonely, depressed, and frustrated.

    WindyhillBSN replied to kenny b's topic in General Students

    I laughed when I first read this....because it seems like you may have quoted me almost word for word 1 1/2 years ago......hang in there there is light at the end of the tunnel. I actually wondered...

  8. How is the economy effecting your job?

    WindyhillBSN replied to Mrs leese's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sick of it too. They are also VERY fortunate to have us as

  9. How is the economy effecting your job?

    WindyhillBSN replied to Mrs leese's topic in General Nursing

    the hospital is and i guess they can be more picky now, so they'd rather hire rns. the lpns that leave, aren't being repalced. there's one particular lpn on my floor whose hours keep getting...

  10. Am I screwed?

    WindyhillBSN posted a topic in General Nursing

    okay, so i am already in debt from obtaining my adn, $21,000.00 and then i decided to try this online bsn program, however so far it's already cost me 13,400 and i still have 2 semesters to go 13,000...

  11. How is the economy effecting your job?

    WindyhillBSN replied to Mrs leese's topic in General Nursing

    less positions are available at my facility, lpns are becoming

  12. Am I screwed?

    WindyhillBSN replied to WindyhillBSN's topic in General Nursing

    no, but that's because of being negative and assuming i would never get any since i was turned down once. the guy who got it didn't even make it through the nursing

  13. Am I screwed?

    WindyhillBSN replied to WindyhillBSN's topic in General Nursing

    :nurse:Thanks so much for these

  14. 6 months in and not a big fan of ICU

    WindyhillBSN replied to NickiLaughs's topic in First Year After Licensure

    That's so true, many do think it's the pinnacle... I'm so sick of ICU nurses treating the rest of us like babysitters...give me a

  15. Am I screwed?

    WindyhillBSN replied to WindyhillBSN's topic in General Nursing

    wow! i really expected everyone to say drop out while you can! thanks,for the support. to whispera, you are correct, i should've went to a state school, but this online program potentially cuts my...

  16. In need of advice- discrimination???

    WindyhillBSN replied to 2010NewRN's topic in General Nursing

    This is why I want my husband to get rid of his facebook

  17. HELP! My knees hurt! Have a new job! What to do??

    WindyhillBSN replied to Epona's topic in General Nursing

    yes, see a good ortho physician, he may be able to get you some customized orthotics that will help, also if you are overweight as i am, a good diet and low impact exercise program will help shed...

  18. Attention use-to-be new grads: when did you feel confident?

    WindyhillBSN replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I am right at a year and I already feel soooo much better. However, when people ask me what I do I'm so reluctant to say I'm a nurse, I don't know why. I get reactions like "WOW, you work with heart...

  19. Has anyone ever worked a "double shift" ie 16hr shift?

    WindyhillBSN replied to chingy1206's topic in General Nursing

    i once worked from 7a to 11p because night shift was short, they were actually even more short than they thought they would be and we ended up with 8 patients a piece. they were not even thankful...

  20. Questions on Wyoming Medical Center, Casper !!!

    WindyhillBSN replied to westwardbound's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the reply, keep us

  21. I hate nursing..

    WindyhillBSN replied to flygirls2's topic in First Year After Licensure

    for the first 6 months i was terribly exhausted, i used to think to myself, "is this what cancer feels like?" i even went to the doctor, but he just told me to lose weight. my feet hurt and i was...

  22. Questions on Wyoming Medical Center, Casper !!!

    WindyhillBSN replied to westwardbound's topic in General Nursing

    bump...........

  23. Questions on Wyoming Medical Center, Casper !!!

    WindyhillBSN replied to westwardbound's topic in General Nursing

    I am thinking of moving there. I see a lot of positions for "rotating shifts" what does that mean? How do you like it there at the hospital? Any answers would be

  24. Sick, Sick , Sick! ACLS blues!

    WindyhillBSN posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    okay i've been here at this hospital now, well aug. 3rd will be 1 year. have had some stupid run- ins with the director on my floor, have posted here about them before. our floor has not had a...

  25. Sick, Sick , Sick! ACLS blues!

    WindyhillBSN replied to WindyhillBSN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I guess I really messed up, thanks